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Donald Trump suing Israel flippers

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May 16, 8:13 AM

by Liz Barrett, Celebrity News Examiner

Donald Trump is fighting mad at his former partners in a "Trump Plaza" condo development near Tel Aviv. He's suing luxury condo developer Crescent Heights Diamond, the Post reports, because they licensed the name "Trump Plaza" for a 70-story residential and commercial tower but they never built it.

The Donald was supposed to get a 25 percent cut on each unit sold. But the developers, who paid $44 million for the property in April 2007, sold the land for a $80 million to another developer for a cool $36 mil profit.

"They announce with tremendous fanfare that Trump is their partner. Then, instead of building, they flip the site," Trump fumed to Page Six. "They used my name to pump up the value, then made a big profit. We put this site on the map, and under the contract they are obligated to complete the project. They are not good representatives for the great state of Israel and they should be ashamed of themselves."

But wait. There's more.

Making things stickier for Crescent is the fact one of its principals is Bruce Menin, husband of Manhattan Community Board 1 chair Julie Menin. "This lawsuit is sure to get political waters percolating as Ms. Menin is an unannounced candidate for City Council in 2009," one source told us. "She recently took some neighorhood heat trying to avoid answering how her husband made a $50 million profit off the sale of the former parking lot where the Trump Soho is now being built."
"I won't be voting for her, you can quote me on that," Trump said.

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The best place to spot celebrities over the weekend was Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch in West Hollywood. Gwen Stefani, Tobey Maguire, Heidi Klum, Marcia Cross, Tori Spelling and other stars took their kids there to find Halloween pumpkins on Saturday. Sara... Read More
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Wearing her signature leggings — and with Samantha Ronson the regulation five paces behind — Lindsay Lohan stopped by Madison Square Garden last night to see Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" concert in New York. Other celebs at the... Read More
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